Mostly Angels in the Sky

Lydia Pehl¹

Family

TMG ID:74961, (c 1914 - )

Father*

Edward Pehl¹ B: Mar 1878

Mother*

Martha (?)¹ B: c 1884

Vital Statistics

Born: Lydia Pehl was born circa 1914, at Texas^G.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Lydia Pehl was the daughter of: Edward Pehl and Martha (?)¹

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1920	29 Jan 1920, Falls Prong Road, Justice Precinct 6, Gillespie County, Texas^G	Edward Pehl, Martha (?), Adolph P. Pehl, Johanna M. Pehl, Mathilda F. Pehl, Anna M. Pehl, Thekla Pehl, Emilia Pehl and Frank Pehl¹
Census-1930	14 Apr 1930, Justice Precinct 6, Gillespie County, Texas^G	Edward Pehl, Martha (?), Adolph P. Pehl, Johanna M. Pehl, Mathilda F. Pehl, Anna M. Pehl, Thekla Pehl, Emilia Pehl, Frank Pehl, Josephine Pehl, Francis Pehl and Edward Pehl Jr.²

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1920

29 Jan 1920, Falls Prong Road, Justice Precinct 6, Gillespie County, Texas^G

Edward Pehl, Martha (?), Adolph P. Pehl, Johanna M. Pehl, Mathilda F. Pehl, Anna M. Pehl, Thekla Pehl, Emilia Pehl and Frank Pehl¹

Census-1930

14 Apr 1930, Justice Precinct 6, Gillespie County, Texas^G

Edward Pehl, Martha (?), Adolph P. Pehl, Johanna M. Pehl, Mathilda F. Pehl, Anna M. Pehl, Thekla Pehl, Emilia Pehl, Frank Pehl, Josephine Pehl, Francis Pehl and Edward Pehl Jr.²

Citations

[S244] 1 Jan 1920, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/ya4dwjbu Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920.
[S633] 1 Apr 1930, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y73u3s4c Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Emilia Pehl¹

Family

TMG ID:74962, (c 1916 - )

Father*

Edward Pehl¹ B: Mar 1878

Mother*

Martha (?)¹ B: c 1884

Vital Statistics

Born: Emilia Pehl was born circa 1916, at Texas^G.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Emilia Pehl was the daughter of: Edward Pehl and Martha (?)¹

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1920	29 Jan 1920, Falls Prong Road, Justice Precinct 6, Gillespie County, Texas^G	Edward Pehl, Martha (?), Adolph P. Pehl, Johanna M. Pehl, Mathilda F. Pehl, Anna M. Pehl, Thekla Pehl, Lydia Pehl and Frank Pehl¹
Census-1930	14 Apr 1930, Justice Precinct 6, Gillespie County, Texas^G	Edward Pehl, Martha (?), Adolph P. Pehl, Johanna M. Pehl, Mathilda F. Pehl, Anna M. Pehl, Thekla Pehl, Lydia Pehl, Frank Pehl, Josephine Pehl, Francis Pehl and Edward Pehl Jr.²

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1920

29 Jan 1920, Falls Prong Road, Justice Precinct 6, Gillespie County, Texas^G

Edward Pehl, Martha (?), Adolph P. Pehl, Johanna M. Pehl, Mathilda F. Pehl, Anna M. Pehl, Thekla Pehl, Lydia Pehl and Frank Pehl¹

Census-1930

14 Apr 1930, Justice Precinct 6, Gillespie County, Texas^G

Edward Pehl, Martha (?), Adolph P. Pehl, Johanna M. Pehl, Mathilda F. Pehl, Anna M. Pehl, Thekla Pehl, Lydia Pehl, Frank Pehl, Josephine Pehl, Francis Pehl and Edward Pehl Jr.²

Citations

[S244] 1 Jan 1920, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/ya4dwjbu Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920.
[S633] 1 Apr 1930, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y73u3s4c Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Frank Pehl¹

Family

TMG ID:74963, (c 1918 - )

Father*

Edward Pehl¹ B: Mar 1878

Mother*

Martha (?)¹ B: c 1884

Step-mother

Rosa (?)² B: c 1887

Vital Statistics

Born: Frank Pehl was born circa 1918, at Texas^G.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Frank Pehl was the son of: Edward Pehl and Martha (?)¹

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1920	29 Jan 1920, Falls Prong Road, Justice Precinct 6, Gillespie County, Texas^G	Edward Pehl, Martha (?), Adolph P. Pehl, Johanna M. Pehl, Mathilda F. Pehl, Anna M. Pehl, Thekla Pehl, Lydia Pehl and Emilia Pehl¹
Census-1930	14 Apr 1930, Justice Precinct 6, Gillespie County, Texas^G	Edward Pehl, Martha (?), Adolph P. Pehl, Johanna M. Pehl, Mathilda F. Pehl, Anna M. Pehl, Thekla Pehl, Lydia Pehl, Emilia Pehl, Josephine Pehl, Francis Pehl and Edward Pehl Jr.³
Census-1940	3 May 1940, Precinct 7, Bastrop County, Texas^G	Edward Pehl, Rosa (?), Francis Pehl and Edward Pehl Jr.²

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1920

29 Jan 1920, Falls Prong Road, Justice Precinct 6, Gillespie County, Texas^G

Edward Pehl, Martha (?), Adolph P. Pehl, Johanna M. Pehl, Mathilda F. Pehl, Anna M. Pehl, Thekla Pehl, Lydia Pehl and Emilia Pehl¹

Census-1930

14 Apr 1930, Justice Precinct 6, Gillespie County, Texas^G

Edward Pehl, Martha (?), Adolph P. Pehl, Johanna M. Pehl, Mathilda F. Pehl, Anna M. Pehl, Thekla Pehl, Lydia Pehl, Emilia Pehl, Josephine Pehl, Francis Pehl and Edward Pehl Jr.³

Census-1940

3 May 1940, Precinct 7, Bastrop County, Texas^G

Edward Pehl, Rosa (?), Francis Pehl and Edward Pehl Jr.²

Occupation(s)

Date	Location	Occupation/Industry
circa May 1940	Bastrop County, Texas^G	labor farm²

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa May 1940

Bastrop County, Texas^G

labor farm²

Known Address(es)

Address: on Monday, 1 Apr 1935, Frank Pehl lived at: Harper, Gillespie County, Texas^G. Also living at this address: Francis Pehl and Edward Pehl Jr.²

Citations

[S244] 1 Jan 1920, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/ya4dwjbu Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920.
[S1004] 1 Apr 1940, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y7ojnd8p Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940.
[S633] 1 Apr 1930, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y73u3s4c Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930.

Last Edited

20 Aug 2014

Josephine Pehl¹

Family

TMG ID:74964, (c 1921 - )

Father*

Edward Pehl¹ B: Mar 1878

Mother*

Martha (?)¹ B: c 1884

Vital Statistics

Born: Josephine Pehl was born circa 1921, at Texas^G.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Josephine Pehl was the daughter of: Edward Pehl and Martha (?)¹

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1930	14 Apr 1930, Justice Precinct 6, Gillespie County, Texas^G	Edward Pehl, Martha (?), Adolph P. Pehl, Johanna M. Pehl, Mathilda F. Pehl, Anna M. Pehl, Thekla Pehl, Lydia Pehl, Emilia Pehl, Frank Pehl, Francis Pehl and Edward Pehl Jr.¹

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1930

14 Apr 1930, Justice Precinct 6, Gillespie County, Texas^G

Edward Pehl, Martha (?), Adolph P. Pehl, Johanna M. Pehl, Mathilda F. Pehl, Anna M. Pehl, Thekla Pehl, Lydia Pehl, Emilia Pehl, Frank Pehl, Francis Pehl and Edward Pehl Jr.¹

Citations

[S633] 1 Apr 1930, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y73u3s4c Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Francis Pehl¹

Family

TMG ID:74965, (c 1926 - )

Father*

Edward Pehl¹ B: Mar 1878

Mother*

Martha (?)¹ B: c 1884

Step-mother

Rosa (?)² B: c 1887

Vital Statistics

Born: Francis Pehl was born circa 1926, at Texas^G.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Francis Pehl was the daughter of: Edward Pehl and Martha (?)¹

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1930	14 Apr 1930, Justice Precinct 6, Gillespie County, Texas^G	Edward Pehl, Martha (?), Adolph P. Pehl, Johanna M. Pehl, Mathilda F. Pehl, Anna M. Pehl, Thekla Pehl, Lydia Pehl, Emilia Pehl, Frank Pehl, Josephine Pehl and Edward Pehl Jr.¹
Census-1940	3 May 1940, Precinct 7, Bastrop County, Texas^G	Edward Pehl, Rosa (?), Frank Pehl and Edward Pehl Jr.²

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1930

14 Apr 1930, Justice Precinct 6, Gillespie County, Texas^G

Edward Pehl, Martha (?), Adolph P. Pehl, Johanna M. Pehl, Mathilda F. Pehl, Anna M. Pehl, Thekla Pehl, Lydia Pehl, Emilia Pehl, Frank Pehl, Josephine Pehl and Edward Pehl Jr.¹

Census-1940

3 May 1940, Precinct 7, Bastrop County, Texas^G

Edward Pehl, Rosa (?), Frank Pehl and Edward Pehl Jr.²

Known Address(es)

Address: on Monday, 1 Apr 1935, Francis Pehl was living with Frank Pehl, at Harper, Gillespie County, Texas^G. Also living at this address: Edward Pehl Jr.²

Citations

[S633] 1 Apr 1930, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y73u3s4c Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930.
[S1004] 1 Apr 1940, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y7ojnd8p Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Edward Pehl Jr.¹

Family

TMG ID:74966, (c 1929 - )

Father*

Edward Pehl¹ B: Mar 1878

Mother*

Martha (?)¹ B: c 1884

Step-mother

Rosa (?)² B: c 1887

Vital Statistics

Born: Edward Pehl Jr. was born circa 1929, at Texas^G.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Edward Pehl Jr. was the son of: Edward Pehl and Martha (?)¹

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1930	14 Apr 1930, Justice Precinct 6, Gillespie County, Texas^G	Edward Pehl, Martha (?), Adolph P. Pehl, Johanna M. Pehl, Mathilda F. Pehl, Anna M. Pehl, Thekla Pehl, Lydia Pehl, Emilia Pehl, Frank Pehl, Josephine Pehl and Francis Pehl¹
Census-1940	3 May 1940, Precinct 7, Bastrop County, Texas^G	Edward Pehl, Rosa (?), Frank Pehl and Francis Pehl²

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1930

14 Apr 1930, Justice Precinct 6, Gillespie County, Texas^G

Edward Pehl, Martha (?), Adolph P. Pehl, Johanna M. Pehl, Mathilda F. Pehl, Anna M. Pehl, Thekla Pehl, Lydia Pehl, Emilia Pehl, Frank Pehl, Josephine Pehl and Francis Pehl¹

Census-1940

3 May 1940, Precinct 7, Bastrop County, Texas^G

Edward Pehl, Rosa (?), Frank Pehl and Francis Pehl²

Known Address(es)

Address: on Monday, 1 Apr 1935, Edward Pehl Jr. was living with Frank Pehl, at Harper, Gillespie County, Texas^G. Also living at this address: Francis Pehl.²

Citations

[S633] 1 Apr 1930, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y73u3s4c Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930.
[S1004] 1 Apr 1940, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y7ojnd8p Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Rosa (?)¹

TMG ID:74967, (c 1887 - )

Vital Statistics

Born: Rosa (?) was born circa 1887, at Texas^G.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: her married name became Mrs. Pehl.

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Rosa and Edward Pehl, son of: Peter Pehl and Maria Anna Fries, were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Rosa and Edward Pehl, son of: Peter Pehl and Maria Anna Fries, were married.¹

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1940	3 May 1940, Precinct 7, Bastrop County, Texas^G	Edward Pehl, Frank Pehl, Francis Pehl and Edward Pehl Jr.¹

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1940

3 May 1940, Precinct 7, Bastrop County, Texas^G

Edward Pehl, Frank Pehl, Francis Pehl and Edward Pehl Jr.¹

Citations

[S1004] 1 Apr 1940, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y7ojnd8p Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

(?) Smith¹

TMG ID:74968, ( - a 1927)

Vital Statistics

Died after 1927.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	(?) and Florence Catherine Cantrell, daughter of: Bethel Magness Cantrell and Sophie Catherine McGowan, were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

(?) and Florence Catherine Cantrell, daughter of: Bethel Magness Cantrell and Sophie Catherine McGowan, were married.¹

Citations

[S129] Ancestry.com, online http://tinyurl.com/pcf6tp, various (various), updated as of various, Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Nannie Nova Jones^1,2

Family

TMG ID:74969, (Dec 1887 - 9 Feb 1924)

Relationship:

7th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

William Philander Jones³ B: 29 Dec 1861, D: 26 Apr 1937

Mother*

Ida Morida Cantrell³ B: 28 Sep 1867, D: 25 Aug 1908

Vital Statistics

Born: Nannie Nova Jones was born in Dec 1887, at Tennessee^G.^1,2
Died on Saturday, 9 Feb 1924 at Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G, at age 36 years and 2 months. Details as recorded: 11:00 AM Cause of Death: without Dr. thought to be tuberculosis of lungs Death Certificate ID: 91. The informant on the Death Certificate was: Clarence Oscar McCormick.⁴

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Nannie Nova Jones was the daughter of: William Philander Jones and Ida Morida Cantrell.³

Alias(es)

Name-Variation: She was also known as Nova N.⁵
Name-Married: her married name became Mrs. Luna (née Jones).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Nannie and Lessie P. Luna were married.⁴

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Nannie and Lessie P. Luna were married.⁴

Child of: Nannie Nova Jones and Lessie P. Luna

William H. Luna⁶ B: c 1911

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1900	7 Jun 1900, Civil District #07, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G	William Philander Jones, Ida Morida Cantrell, Jesse Philander Jones, Mary Ova Jones, Florence Edna Jones, Sara A. Jones and Intha O. Jones¹
Census-1910	30 Apr 1910, Richerason Mill Road, Civil District #06, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G	William Philander Jones, Mary Ova Jones, Florence Edna Jones, Sara A. Jones, Intha O. Jones, Charlie Jones and Cecil Jones⁵
Census-1920	27 Jan 1920, Civil District #06, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G	Lessie P. Luna and William H. Luna⁶

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1900

7 Jun 1900, Civil District #07, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G

William Philander Jones, Ida Morida Cantrell, Jesse Philander Jones, Mary Ova Jones, Florence Edna Jones, Sara A. Jones and Intha O. Jones¹

Census-1910

30 Apr 1910, Richerason Mill Road, Civil District #06, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G

William Philander Jones, Mary Ova Jones, Florence Edna Jones, Sara A. Jones, Intha O. Jones, Charlie Jones and Cecil Jones⁵

Census-1920

27 Jan 1920, Civil District #06, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G

Lessie P. Luna and William H. Luna⁶

Citations

[S117] 1 Jun 1900, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y8l8gl3a Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900.
[S1028] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/ycgszex7, Dorothea Thomas (e-mail address), updated as of 12 Apr 2003.
[S633] 1 Apr 1930, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y73u3s4c Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930.
[S129] Ancestry.com, online http://tinyurl.com/pcf6tp, various (various), updated as of various, Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958.
[S243] 15 Apr 1910, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9glogje, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910.
[S244] 1 Jan 1920, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/ya4dwjbu Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Gladys (?)¹

TMG ID:74970, (2 Aug 1920 - bt 1945 - 1997)

Vital Statistics

Born: Gladys (?) was born on Monday, 2 Aug 1920.¹
Died between 1945 and 1997 at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: on Sunday, 20 Aug 1939, her married name became Mrs. Ray.

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Sunday, 20 Aug 1939, Gladys, age 19 years and 18 days, and George Ernest Ray, age 23 years, 6 months and 24 days, son of: Joseph Thurman Ray and Loula L. Lakey, were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Sunday, 20 Aug 1939, Gladys, age 19 years and 18 days, and George Ernest Ray, age 23 years, 6 months and 24 days, son of: Joseph Thurman Ray and Loula L. Lakey, were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹

Citations

[S1028] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/ycgszex7, Dorothea Thomas (e-mail address), updated as of 12 Apr 2003.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Doris Ray¹

Family

TMG ID:74971, (5 Jan 1923 - 5 Mar 1924)

Father*

Joseph Thurman Ray¹ B: 28 Mar 1891, D: 23 Nov 1965

Mother*

Loula L. Lakey¹ B: 17 Sep 1889, D: 15 Sep 1957

Vital Statistics

Born: Doris Ray was born on Friday, 5 Jan 1923, at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹
Died on Wednesday, 5 Mar 1924 at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G, at age 1 year and 2 months.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Doris Ray was the daughter of: Joseph Thurman Ray and Loula L. Lakey.¹

Citations

[S1028] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/ycgszex7, Dorothea Thomas (e-mail address), updated as of 12 Apr 2003.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Jesse Philander Jones^1,2,3

Family

TMG ID:74972, (14 Oct 1889 - 7 Jul 1970)

Relationship:

7th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

William Philander Jones⁴ B: 29 Dec 1861, D: 26 Apr 1937

Mother*

Ida Morida Cantrell⁴ B: 28 Sep 1867, D: 25 Aug 1908

Vital Statistics

Born: Jesse Philander Jones was born on Monday, 14 Oct 1889, at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.^2,3
Died on Tuesday, 7 Jul 1970 at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G, at age 80 years, 8 months and 23 days.³

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Jesse Philander Jones was the son of: William Philander Jones and Ida Morida Cantrell.⁴

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	circa 1909, Jesse and Roshie Elizabeth Marsh, daughter of: William M. Marsh and Laminda Lanunila Sanders, were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.³

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

circa 1909, Jesse and Roshie Elizabeth Marsh, daughter of: William M. Marsh and Laminda Lanunila Sanders, were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.³

Children of: Jesse Philander Jones and Roshie Elizabeth Marsh

Atha Jones+⁷ B: c 1911, D: b 2011
Artha Lena Jones⁷ B: 5 Mar 1912, D: Feb 1996
William Arthur Jones³ B: 29 Apr 1914, D: 2 May 2004
Lila May Jones³ B: c 1915, D: c 1915
Opheleon Jones+³ B: 25 Dec 1916, D: 8 Apr 2011
Etheleon Jones+³ B: 25 Dec 1916, D: 5 Mar 2011

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1900	7 Jun 1900, Civil District #07, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G	William Philander Jones, Ida Morida Cantrell, Nannie Nova Jones, Mary Ova Jones, Florence Edna Jones, Sara A. Jones and Intha O. Jones²
Census-1920	27 Jan 1920, Civil District #06, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G	Roshie Elizabeth Marsh, Atha Jones, Artha Lena Jones, William Arthur Jones, Etheleon Jones and Opheleon Jones⁵
Census-1930	11 Apr 1930, Civil District #06, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G	Roshie Elizabeth Marsh, Atha Jones, Artha Lena Jones, William Arthur Jones, Opheleon Jones and Etheleon Jones⁴
Census-1940	28 Apr 1940, Civil District #06, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G	Roshie Elizabeth Marsh and Laminda Lanunila Sanders⁶

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1900

7 Jun 1900, Civil District #07, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G

William Philander Jones, Ida Morida Cantrell, Nannie Nova Jones, Mary Ova Jones, Florence Edna Jones, Sara A. Jones and Intha O. Jones²

Census-1920

27 Jan 1920, Civil District #06, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G

Roshie Elizabeth Marsh, Atha Jones, Artha Lena Jones, William Arthur Jones, Etheleon Jones and Opheleon Jones⁵

Census-1930

11 Apr 1930, Civil District #06, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G

Roshie Elizabeth Marsh, Atha Jones, Artha Lena Jones, William Arthur Jones, Opheleon Jones and Etheleon Jones⁴

Census-1940

28 Apr 1940, Civil District #06, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G

Roshie Elizabeth Marsh and Laminda Lanunila Sanders⁶

Occupation(s)

Date	Location	Occupation/Industry
circa Jan 1920	DeKalb County, Tennessee^G	farmer general farm⁵
circa Apr 1930	DeKalb County, Tennessee^G	farmer general farm⁴
circa Apr 1940	DeKalb County, Tennessee^G	farmer farming⁶

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Jan 1920

DeKalb County, Tennessee^G

farmer general farm⁵

circa Apr 1930

DeKalb County, Tennessee^G

farmer general farm⁴

circa Apr 1940

DeKalb County, Tennessee^G

farmer farming⁶

Citations

[S1028] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/ycgszex7, Dorothea Thomas (e-mail address), updated as of 12 Apr 2003.
[S117] 1 Jun 1900, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y8l8gl3a Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900.
[S807] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/jy5c4um, Glenn Merchant (e-mail address), updated as of 24 Dec 2008.
[S633] 1 Apr 1930, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y73u3s4c Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930.
[S244] 1 Jan 1920, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/ya4dwjbu Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920.
[S1004] 1 Apr 1940, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y7ojnd8p Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940.
[S1031] Obituary, Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN, 9 Mar 2011, 2. Hereinafter cited as Southern Standard.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Mary Ova Jones¹

Family

TMG ID:74973, (Jan 1892 - 16 Aug 1945)

Relationship:

7th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

William Philander Jones¹ B: 29 Dec 1861, D: 26 Apr 1937

Mother*

Ida Morida Cantrell¹ B: 28 Sep 1867, D: 25 Aug 1908

Vital Statistics

Born: Mary Ova Jones was born in Jan 1892, at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹
Died on Thursday, 16 Aug 1945 at 4605 Georgia Avenue, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee^G, at age 53 years and 7 months. Details as recorded: 06:30 PM Cause of Death: no physician in attendance cause of death unknown Death Certificate ID: 15962. The informant on the Death Certificate was: Clarence Oscar McCormick.^1,2

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Mary Ova Jones was the daughter of: William Philander Jones and Ida Morida Cantrell.¹

Alias(es)

Nick-Name: her nickname was "Ovie"³
Name-Married: her married name became Mrs. McCormick (née Jones).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Mary and Clarence Oscar McCormick, son of: J.T. McCormick and Mary L. Rankhorn, were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Mary and Clarence Oscar McCormick, son of: J.T. McCormick and Mary L. Rankhorn, were married.¹

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1900	7 Jun 1900, Civil District #07, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G	William Philander Jones, Ida Morida Cantrell, Nannie Nova Jones, Jesse Philander Jones, Florence Edna Jones, Sara A. Jones and Intha O. Jones⁴
Census-1910	30 Apr 1910, Richerason Mill Road, Civil District #06, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G	William Philander Jones, Nannie Nova Jones, Florence Edna Jones, Sara A. Jones, Intha O. Jones, Charlie Jones and Cecil Jones⁵

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1900

7 Jun 1900, Civil District #07, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G

William Philander Jones, Ida Morida Cantrell, Nannie Nova Jones, Jesse Philander Jones, Florence Edna Jones, Sara A. Jones and Intha O. Jones⁴

Census-1910

30 Apr 1910, Richerason Mill Road, Civil District #06, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G

William Philander Jones, Nannie Nova Jones, Florence Edna Jones, Sara A. Jones, Intha O. Jones, Charlie Jones and Cecil Jones⁵

Citations

[S1028] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/ycgszex7, Dorothea Thomas (e-mail address), updated as of 12 Apr 2003.
[S129] Ancestry.com, online http://tinyurl.com/pcf6tp, various (various), updated as of various, Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958.
[S129] Ancestry.com, online http://tinyurl.com/pcf6tp, various (various), updated as of various, mgdry Marsha Dry family tree.
[S117] 1 Jun 1900, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y8l8gl3a Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900.
[S243] 15 Apr 1910, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9glogje, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910.

Last Edited

3 Jun 2018

Clarence Oscar McCormick^1,2

Family

TMG ID:74974, (22 Aug 1891 - )

Father*

J.T. McCormick³

Mother*

Mary L. Rankhorn³

Vital Statistics

Died at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹
Born: Clarence Oscar McCormick was born on Saturday, 22 Aug 1891, at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.^1,3

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Clarence Oscar McCormick was the son of: J.T. McCormick and Mary L. Rankhorn.³
Died in Jan 1974 at Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee^G, at age 82 years and 4 months.⁴

Alias(es)

Name-Variation: He was also known as Oscar⁴

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Clarence and Mary Ova Jones, daughter of: William Philander Jones and Ida Morida Cantrell, were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Clarence and Mary Ova Jones, daughter of: William Philander Jones and Ida Morida Cantrell, were married.¹

Witnessed Events & Occasions

Activity	Details
Death	Saturday, 9 Feb 1924, Clarence Oscar McCormick was the informant on the death certtificate for Nannie Nova Jones.²
Death	Thursday, 16 Aug 1945, Clarence Oscar McCormick was the informant on the death certtificate for Mary Ova Jones.^1,2

Activity

Details

Death

Saturday, 9 Feb 1924, Clarence Oscar McCormick was the informant on the death certtificate for Nannie Nova Jones.²

Death

Thursday, 16 Aug 1945, Clarence Oscar McCormick was the informant on the death certtificate for Mary Ova Jones.^1,2

Citations

[S1028] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/ycgszex7, Dorothea Thomas (e-mail address), updated as of 12 Apr 2003.
[S129] Ancestry.com, online http://tinyurl.com/pcf6tp, various (various), updated as of various, Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958.
[S129] Ancestry.com, online http://tinyurl.com/pcf6tp, various (various), updated as of various, Tennessee, Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909.
[S85] Social Security Death Index, Master File, Social Security Death Index, Social Security Death Index (http://tinyurl.com/jqkwdlq: RootsWeb, various). Hereinafter cited as SSDI.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Florence Edna Jones¹

Family

TMG ID:74975, (3 Jun 1894 - 27 May 1961)

Relationship:

7th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

William Philander Jones¹ B: 29 Dec 1861, D: 26 Apr 1937

Mother*

Ida Morida Cantrell¹ B: 28 Sep 1867, D: 25 Aug 1908

Vital Statistics

Born: Florence Edna Jones was born on Sunday, 3 Jun 1894.¹
Died on Saturday, 27 May 1961 at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G, at age 66 years, 11 months and 24 days.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Florence Edna Jones was the daughter of: William Philander Jones and Ida Morida Cantrell.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: on Wednesday, 25 Dec 1912, her married name became Mrs. Dunham (née Jones).

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Wednesday, 25 Dec 1912, Florence, age 18 years, 6 months and 22 days, and James Hermon Dunham, age 21 years, 5 months and 19 days, son of: William David Dunham and Elizabeth Parlee Mullican, were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G, Related: 5^th cousins, 5^th cousins once removed and 6^th cousins once removed.^1,2

Children of: Florence Edna Jones and James Hermon Dunham

Avis Novella Dunham+¹ B: 8 Oct 1914, D: 16 Dec 2006
Agnes Parthina Dunham¹ B: c 1916, D: 11 Mar 2008
Truman Cecil Dunham¹ B: 27 Jul 1922, D: 28 Aug 1923
H.C. Dunham¹ B: 1 May 1926, D: 1 Nov 1926
Royce Leon Dunham¹ B: 7 Feb 1934, D: 5 Jun 1972

Census Records

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1900

7 Jun 1900, Civil District #07, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G

William Philander Jones, Ida Morida Cantrell, Nannie Nova Jones, Jesse Philander Jones, Mary Ova Jones, Sara A. Jones and Intha O. Jones³

Census-1910

30 Apr 1910, Richerason Mill Road, Civil District #06, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G

William Philander Jones, Nannie Nova Jones, Mary Ova Jones, Sara A. Jones, Intha O. Jones, Charlie Jones and Cecil Jones⁴

Citations

[S1028] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/ycgszex7, Dorothea Thomas (e-mail address), updated as of 12 Apr 2003.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/3m4fuhm, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Pedigree Resource File.
[S117] 1 Jun 1900, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y8l8gl3a Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900.
[S243] 15 Apr 1910, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9glogje, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910.

Last Edited

31 Dec 2015

James Hermon Dunham¹

Family

TMG ID:74976, (6 Jul 1891 - 5 Jun 1972)

Relationship:

7th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

William David Dunham¹ B: 6 Jul 1852, D: 23 Aug 1923

Mother*

Elizabeth Parlee Mullican¹ B: 17 Sep 1850, D: 26 Mar 1927

Vital Statistics

Born: James Hermon Dunham was born on Monday, 6 Jul 1891, at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.^1,2
Died on Monday, 5 Jun 1972 at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G, at age 80 years, 10 months and 30 days.^1,2

Obituary & Other Vital Info

James Hermon Dunham was the son of: William David Dunham and Elizabeth Parlee Mullican.¹

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Wednesday, 25 Dec 1912, James, age 21 years, 5 months and 19 days, and Florence Edna Jones, age 18 years, 6 months and 22 days, daughter of: William Philander Jones and Ida Morida Cantrell, were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G, Related: 5^th cousins, 5^th cousins once removed and 6^th cousins once removed.^1,2

Children of: James Hermon Dunham and Florence Edna Jones

Avis Novella Dunham+¹ B: 8 Oct 1914, D: 16 Dec 2006
Agnes Parthina Dunham¹ B: c 1916, D: 11 Mar 2008
Truman Cecil Dunham¹ B: 27 Jul 1922, D: 28 Aug 1923
H.C. Dunham¹ B: 1 May 1926, D: 1 Nov 1926
Royce Leon Dunham¹ B: 7 Feb 1934, D: 5 Jun 1972

Witnessed Events & Occasions

Activity

Details

Death

Thursday, 2 Sep 1920, James Hermon Dunham was the informant on the death certtificate for Cecil Jones.³

Citations

[S1028] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/ycgszex7, Dorothea Thomas (e-mail address), updated as of 12 Apr 2003.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/3m4fuhm, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Pedigree Resource File.
[S129] Ancestry.com, online http://tinyurl.com/pcf6tp, various (various), updated as of various, Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958.

Last Edited

31 Dec 2015

William David Dunham¹

Family

TMG ID:74977, (6 Jul 1852 - 23 Aug 1923)

Relationship:

6th cousin 2 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

William Ray Dunham² B: 24 Mar 1821, D: 24 Jan 1884

Mother*

Nancy Adcock² B: 18 Feb 1827, D: 13 Mar 1907

Vital Statistics

Born: William David Dunham was born on Tuesday, 6 Jul 1852, at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹
Died on Thursday, 23 Aug 1923 at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G, at age 71 years, 1 month and 17 days.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

William David Dunham was the son of: William Ray Dunham and Nancy Adcock.²

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

1884, William, age 31 years, and Elizabeth Parlee Mullican, age 33 years, daughter of: J.J. Mullican, were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹

Children of: William David Dunham and Elizabeth Parlee Mullican

Amanda B. Dunham+² B: 25 Jul 1885
Dixie Dunham² B: Jun 1887
Mattie Ethel Dunham² B: 11 Oct 1888, D: 1 Feb 1959
James Hermon Dunham+¹ B: 6 Jul 1891, D: 5 Jun 1972

Citations

[S1028] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/ycgszex7, Dorothea Thomas (e-mail address), updated as of 12 Apr 2003.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/3m4fuhm, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Pedigree Resource File.

Last Edited

31 Dec 2015

Elizabeth Parlee Mullican¹

Family

TMG ID:74978, (17 Sep 1850 - 26 Mar 1927)

Father*

J.J. Mullican² B: c 1857

Vital Statistics

Born: Elizabeth Parlee Mullican was born on Tuesday, 17 Sep 1850.¹
Died on Saturday, 26 Mar 1927 at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G, at age 76 years, 6 months and 9 days.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Elizabeth Parlee Mullican was the daughter of: J.J. Mullican.²

Alias(es)

Name-Married: in 1884, her married name became Mrs. Dunham (née Mullican).

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

1884, Elizabeth, age 33 years, and William David Dunham, age 31 years, son of: William Ray Dunham and Nancy Adcock, were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹

Children of: Elizabeth Parlee Mullican and William David Dunham

Amanda B. Dunham+² B: 25 Jul 1885
Dixie Dunham² B: Jun 1887
Mattie Ethel Dunham² B: 11 Oct 1888, D: 1 Feb 1959
James Hermon Dunham+¹ B: 6 Jul 1891, D: 5 Jun 1972

Citations

[S1028] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/ycgszex7, Dorothea Thomas (e-mail address), updated as of 12 Apr 2003.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/3m4fuhm, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Pedigree Resource File.

Last Edited

31 Dec 2015

Avis Novella Dunham¹

Family

TMG ID:74979, (8 Oct 1914 - 16 Dec 2006)

Relationship:

8th cousin of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

James Hermon Dunham¹ B: 6 Jul 1891, D: 5 Jun 1972

Mother*

Florence Edna Jones¹ B: 3 Jun 1894, D: 27 May 1961

Vital Statistics

Born: Avis Novella Dunham was born on Thursday, 8 Oct 1914, at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.²
Died on Saturday, 16 Dec 2006 at Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G, at age 92 years, 2 months and 8 days.²

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Avis Novella Dunham was the daughter of: James Hermon Dunham and Florence Edna Jones.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: her married name became Mrs. Ray (née Dunham).

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Avis and Lee Burnice Ray, son of: Joseph Thurman Ray and Loula L. Lakey, were married.¹

Child of: Avis Novella Dunham and Lee Burnice Ray

Gordon Lee Ray² B: 1941, D: 1941

Citations

[S1028] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/ycgszex7, Dorothea Thomas (e-mail address), updated as of 12 Apr 2003.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/3m4fuhm, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Pedigree Resource File.

Last Edited

31 Dec 2015

Lee Burnice Ray¹

Family

TMG ID:74980, (c 1914 - 5 Jul 2007)

Father*

Joseph Thurman Ray¹ B: 28 Mar 1891, D: 23 Nov 1965

Mother*

Loula L. Lakey¹ B: 17 Sep 1889, D: 15 Sep 1957

Vital Statistics

Born: Lee Burnice Ray was born circa 1914, at Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.²
Died on Thursday, 5 Jul 2007 at Vanderbilt Hospital, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee^G.²

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Lee Burnice Ray was the son of: Joseph Thurman Ray and Loula L. Lakey.¹

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Lee and Avis Novella Dunham, daughter of: James Hermon Dunham and Florence Edna Jones, were married.¹

Child of: Lee Burnice Ray and Avis Novella Dunham

Gordon Lee Ray² B: 1941, D: 1941

Citations

[S1028] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/ycgszex7, Dorothea Thomas (e-mail address), updated as of 12 Apr 2003.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/3m4fuhm, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Pedigree Resource File.

Last Edited

31 Dec 2015

All additions, modifications, suggestions and comments are welcome.

A difference of opinion is what makes horse racing and missionaries.
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A fool and his money are soon elected.
— Will Rogers
A holding company is a thing where you hand an accomplice the goods while the policeman searches you.
— Will Rogers
A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people.
— Will Rogers
A remark generally hurts in proportion to its truth.
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About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation.
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Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don't have for something they don't need.
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Alexander Hamilton started the U.S. Treasury with nothing, and that was the closest our country has ever been to being even.
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— Will Rogers
America is a nation that conceives many odd inventions for getting somewhere but it can think of nothing to do once it gets there.
— Will Rogers
America is becoming so educated that ignorance will be a novelty. I will belong to the select few.
— Will Rogers
An economist's guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's.
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An ignorant person is one who doesn't know what you have just found out.
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— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.
— Will Rogers
Buy land. They ain't making any more of the stuff.
— Will Rogers
Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction.
— Will Rogers
Communism to me is one-third practice and two-thirds explanation.
— Will Rogers
Democrats never agree on anything, that's why they're Democrats. If they agreed with each other, they would be Republicans.
— Will Rogers
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock.
— Will Rogers
Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it... You take diplomacy out of war, and the thing would fall flat in a week.
— Will Rogers
Do the best you can, and don't take life too serious.
— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
Don't let yesterday use up too much of today.
— Will Rogers
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
— Will Rogers
Even though you are on the right track - you will get run over if you just sit there.
— Will Rogers
Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.
— Will Rogers
Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.
— Will Rogers
Everything is funny, as long as it's happening to somebody else.
— Will Rogers
Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.
— Will Rogers
Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
— Will Rogers
Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.
— Will Rogers
I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.
— Will Rogers
I belong to no organized party. I am a Democrat.
— Will Rogers
I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him 'father.'
— Will Rogers
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
— Will Rogers
I guess there is nothing that will get your mind off everything like golf. I have never been depressed enough to take up the game, but they say you get so sore at yourself you forget to hate your enemies.
— Will Rogers
I have a scheme for stopping war. It's this - no nation is allowed to enter a war till they have paid for the last one.
— Will Rogers
I never expected to see the day when girls would get sunburned in the places they now do.
— Will Rogers
I read about eight newspapers in a day. When I'm in a town with only one newspaper, I read it eight times.
— Will Rogers
If advertisers spent the same amount of money on improving their products as they do on advertising then they wouldn't have to advertise them.
— Will Rogers
If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny things passed in one session of congress.
— Will Rogers
If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?
— Will Rogers
If the other fellow sells cheaper than you, it is called dumping. 'Course, if you sell cheaper than him, that's mass production.
— Will Rogers
If you can build a business up big enough, it's respectable.
— Will Rogers
If you ever injected truth into politics you have no politics.
— Will Rogers
If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don't get wet you can keep.
— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
I'm not a real movie star. I've still got the same wife I started out with twenty-eight years ago.
— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
In Hollywood you can see things at night that are fast enough to be in the Olympics in the day time.
— Will Rogers
Instead of giving money to found colleges to promote learning, why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as good as the Prohibition one did, why, in five years we would have the smartest race of people on earth.
— Will Rogers
It isn't what we don't know that gives us trouble, it's what we know that ain't so.
— Will Rogers
It's a good thing we don't get all the government we pay for.
— Will Rogers
It's easy being a humorist when you've got the whole government working for you.
— Will Rogers
It's not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts.
— Will Rogers
Last year we said, 'Things can't go on like this', and they didn't, they got worse.
— Will Rogers
Let advertisers spend the same amount of money improving their product that they do on advertising and they wouldn't have to advertise it.
— Will Rogers
Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier 'n puttin' it back in.
— Will Rogers
Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches.
— Will Rogers
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.
— Will Rogers
Make crime pay. Become a lawyer.
— Will Rogers
Money and women are the most sought after and the least known about of any two things we have.
— Will Rogers
Never let yesterday use up too much of today.
— Will Rogers
Now if there is one thing that we do worse than any other nation, it is try and manage somebody else's affairs.
— Will Rogers
Ohio claims they are due a president as they haven't had one since Taft. Look at the United States, they have not had one since Lincoln.
— Will Rogers
On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does.
— Will Rogers
One Ad is worth more to a paper than forty Editorials.
— Will Rogers
One-third of the people in the United States promote, while the other two-thirds provide.
— Will Rogers
Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and U.S. Senators.
— Will Rogers
People are getting smarter nowadays; they are letting lawyers, instead of their conscience, be their guide.
— Will Rogers
People who fly into a rage always make a bad landing.
— Will Rogers
People's minds are changed through observation and not through argument.
— Will Rogers
Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.
— Will Rogers
Politics is applesauce.
— Will Rogers
Prohibition is better than no liquor at all.
— Will Rogers
So let's be honest with ourselves and not take ourselves too serious, and never condemn the other fellow for doing what we are doing every day, only in a different way.
— Will Rogers
So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.
— Will Rogers
Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.
— Will Rogers
The 1928 Republican Convention opened with a prayer. If the Lord can see His way clear to bless the Republican Party the way it's been carrying on, then the rest of us ought to get it without even asking.
— Will Rogers
The best way out of a difficulty is through it.
— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
The farmer has to be an optimist or he wouldn't still be a farmer.
— Will Rogers
The fellow that can only see a week ahead is always the popular fellow, for he is looking with the crowd. But the one that can see years ahead, he has a telescope but he can't make anybody believe that he has it.
— Will Rogers
The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf.
— Will Rogers
The man with the best job in the country is the vice-president. All he has to do is get up every morning and say, 'How is the president?'
— Will Rogers
The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That's one thing about a little education. It spoils you for actual work. The more you know the more you think somebody owes you a living.
— Will Rogers
The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other.
— Will Rogers
The movies are the only business where you can go out front and applaud yourself.
— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
The only way you can beat the lawyers is to die with nothing.
— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.
— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
Why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as well as prohibition did, in five years Americans would be the smartest race of people on Earth.
— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
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— Sam Harris
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do one thing every day that scares you.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do one thing every day that scares you.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
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— Eleanor Roosevelt
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— Eleanor Roosevelt
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— Eleanor Roosevelt
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— Eleanor Roosevelt
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— Eleanor Roosevelt
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— Eleanor Roosevelt
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— Eleanor Roosevelt
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— Eleanor Roosevelt
No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
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— Eleanor Roosevelt
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— Eleanor Roosevelt
Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
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— Eleanor Roosevelt
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— Eleanor Roosevelt
To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Life is what you make it. Always has been, always will be.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of competence.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
What could we accomplish if we knew we could not fail?
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Once I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: No good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and in all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably with the circumstances of life, knowing that in this world no one is all knowing and therefore all of us need both love and charity.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You have to accept whatever comes, and the only important thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Never allow a person to tell you 'no' who doesn't have the power to say 'yes.'
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Happiness is not a goal...it's a by-product of a life well lived.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
One thing life has taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests. They come to you. When you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Work is always an antidote to depression.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?
— Eleanor Roosevelt
I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do …
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Remember always that you have not only the right to be an individual; you have an obligation to be one. You cannot make any useful contribution in life unless you do this.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It's your life-but only if you make it so.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Every time you meet a situation you think at the time it is an impossibility and you go through the tortures of the damned, once you have met it and lived through it, you find that forever after you are freer than you were before.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Courage is exhilarating.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The only advantage of not being too good a housekeeper is that your guests are so pleased to feel how very much better they are.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry his own weight, this is a frightening prospect.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
There is not human being from whom we cannot learn something if we are interested enough to dig deep.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps!
— Eleanor Roosevelt
As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Lest I keep my complacent way I must remember somewhere out there a person died for me today. As long as there must be war, I ask and I must answer was I worth dying for?
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The giving of love is an education in itself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it as not as dreadful as it appears, discovering that we have the strength to stare it down.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
All of life is a constant education.
— Eleanor Roosevelt

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